This semi-abstract portrait of a female chemo therapy patient was my attempt to render not a literal depiction of how my subject looked physically but rather to draw an indication of her self-image and self-perception. In other words, this is a portrait of this woman’s fear and distress. I feel that this particular piece is one of the most powerful and successful of all of my pieces of artwork — one where I was able to transcend literal reality and communicate the soul and inner landscape of emotions of my subject.

Pen drawing of a disheveled elderly man.

Pen study of the head of an unknown Englishman.

Charcoal drawing of a young woman who sat for me in a portrait session.

Pen study of the head of an unknown bearded male.

I drew this during an open studio figure drawing session which had a live nude male model during a quick pose.

Charcoal portrait of an African American male wearing a hat.

Charcoal portrait of a friend of mine named Joe Wacker. Joe is semi-professional model who is often hired for historical re-enactments, especially of the Wild West and the Civil War era.

Charcoal study of a male face in a stylized, semi-abstract, expressionistic style.

Pen sketch of a young male with light ink washes.

I drew this as if I were commissioned to do create an illustration of a common lower class American worker. Pen drawing with digital textured color added in the background.

Pen illustration drawing of a medieval king sleeping with his sword.

Drawing of an older woman smoking a cigarette. Pen and brush pen.

Expressionistic fountain pen portrait drawing of a middle-aged male.

Pen drawing of the face of an unknown male, drawn in a scratchy pen style. This is one of my personal favorites of the portrait drawings I have done because of the interesting variations I achieved in my pen work and the emotional effect I was able to convey.

Pen portrait drawing of a bearded man wearing a woolen cap.

Charcoal of a young man.

Charcoal portrait drawing of a young woman.

Charcoal portrait drawing of an Orthodox monk.

Sailor fountain pen drawing of the head of a female clown.

This portrait sketch of an Hispanic male worker was created by employing a dry brush technique using acrylic paint on canvas.

A pen sketch of a handsome long-haired, bearded young man sitting in a chair. In a second version, “watercolor” was digitally added to my original pen on my iPad.

A pen and brush ink sketch of an aboriginal shaman. A shaman is a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil, and is thus a spiritual leader. Typically such people enter a trance state during a ritual, and practice divination and healing.

A pen drawing of a man sitting anxiously on a chair while puffing on a cigarette. It is left up to the viewer to create in his or imagination the setting and reason for this fellow’s concern.

Charcoal portrait of the profile of a young female who sat for me.

I left this pen drawing untitled so the viewer could create their own story to explain what they see depicted in this piece.

A pen drawing did of the profile of a young female wearing a cap who sat for me.

A charcoal drawing I composed that was inspired by the story in my wife Barb Webber’s song “Wind Rose Up” found on our album “Fragile”.

Pastel drawing of a reclining male nude — drawn from a live model.

Sailor Fountain Pen drawing of a male cadaver sculpture.